Finally - Hivechess Season 21 is starting this Friday!

Dear chess fans!

S21 has arrived! Just 3d to go!
About the outcome of the previous season 20 you can read here.

About Season 21

After the break and the fun tournament Season 21 will start this Friday, the 26^th Sep. 2025, 19h GMT at the usual time! It will go over 12 rounds and is grouped in 4 skill groups.

IMPORTANT: If I don´t know the Hive user name belonging to your lichess name, you can play but your result won´t be counted! So make sure that you proactively let me know your Lichess name in the comments here (or vice versa your Hive name in the Lichess chat).

The percentage of post rewards feeding the prize pool is again 60%. Hive account@chesspricepool will be used to accrue the prizes for S21 and it is preloaded already with whopping 753 Hive thanks to the upvotes of the Lichess Liga Team Battle posts, beneficiaries from Hive account@sammy00 and others, the fun tournament and still the generous donation from Hive account@yabapmatt! I am aiming for topping 1500 Hive in S21 - an all-time-high in terms of prizes!

Since we got recently some new very strong players into the team, we will have this time 4 skill tiers! As usual they are based on the average rating (Blitz) over the whole season (which means players can change tiers if their rating changes): <1500, 1500 - 1799, 1800-2099 and 2100+.

We therefore have 4 separate tournaments with 4 winners of these rating tiers:
Tournament 1: 0-1499,
Tournament 2: 1500-1799,
Tournament 3: 1800-2099 and the Elite
Tournament 4: 2100 and above

Players who try to manipulate their rating to join a more "easy" tier (called "sandbagging") will be disqualified. Same with attempts to cheat. By the way: One Hive name - one Lichess account. You cannot change your Lichess name during the season!

The size of the prize pool of each of the 4 tournaments will again depend on how many players will qualify for prizes in those groups. The more competitive, the higher the Top 3-prizes! But all players, even those new to chess, have a chance to earn a prize, if you join the tournaments consistently! In this season again you need to play 6 out of 12 rounds to earn a prize, to incentivize regular players over occasional ones.

I encourage any tournament or streaming report to set Hive account@chesspricepool as 5 or 10% beneficiary to further beef up the season rewards (and get more upvotes)!
Also reblogging of the reminder and result posts is welcomed, or any advertisement for the tournament! Sponsorships are highly appreciated!

Round 1

Time Mode: 4+0 (4 minutes per game, no increment), 9 rounds Swiss tournament

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/V3smvtgk

Rules

• All players are welcome, also newbies, you just need a free Lichess-account and join our team in Lichess here (password is "Hive")!
• Every Friday is one round.
• Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2, 2+1,...), sometimes Swiss, sometimes Chess960 (Fischer Random, "Freestyle" chess).
• The winner of each round gets the number of points equaling the number of players in that round, the second ranked one point less and so forth until the one on the bottom of the table who gets one point (i.e. the Lighteye-scoring). In order to be counted, at least 5 games must have been played.
• If two players have the same number of points, the one who played less rounds is first. If that is equal too, then the average tournament performance decides.
• PAYOUT: The tournament points of the 12 rounds are summed up. Each of the 4 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 80), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the prize pool is divided among all other players according to the number of tournament points achieved (60%) and the number of rounds played (40%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least six of the 12 rounds!
• If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prizes, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments!

Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues!
The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s Chess Community?

See you all on Friday and good luck!

! [Mention List]
Potentially of interest to:
Hive account@aakrist Hive account@abelarte Hive account@abimbola753 Hive account@acidtiger Hive account@africanchess Hive account@agreste Hive account@aiuna Hive account@amit.pangeni Hive account@ajumaa Hive account@alberto0607 Hive account@alexmag1988 Hive account@almightymelon Hive account@ambarvegas Hive account@anadello Hive account@andzhi Hive account@anli Hive account@anomadsoul Hive account@apy Hive account@arsenal49 Hive account@artistparthoroy Hive account@artsbreezy01 Hive account@astrolabio Hive account@awesomeintrigue Hive account@b0s Hive account@behiver Hive account@beyondhorizonmm Hive account@bitsignal Hive account@bostonadventures Hive account@brijwhiz Hive account@burnoutawesome Hive account@camiloferrua Hive account@castm2 Hive account@cerati Hive account@chessbrotherspro Hive account@chessdev17 Hive account@chesthetica Hive account@cositav Hive account@cryptogee Hive account@cryptoniusraptor Hive account@cryptoph0823 Hive account@ctrpch Hive account@dadapizza Hive account@dakods Hive account@dalods Hive account@darruiz Hive account@detectblock Hive account@dhilan04 Hive account@diegofitness92 Hive account@digitalis Hive account@djbravo Hive account@doctorfate Hive account@dovycola Hive account@draco2 Hive account@duskobgd Hive account@ebingo Hive account@eenriquerivas Hive account@elcholitosanto Hive account@eliaschess333 Hive account@elprofe62 Hive account@emeka4 Hive account@emerald09551 Hive account@elcholitosanto Hive account@engilhramn Hive account@eniolw Hive account@ernestopg Hive account@evgsk Hive account@fcastro177 Hive account@fiona777 Hive account@flaws Hive account@franciscomarval Hive account@franu Hive account@fredaig Hive account@gabotask Hive account@geo52rey Hive account@giacomone Hive account@gingerbyna Hive account@good-karma Hive account@grafo07 Hive account@grigorijj Hive account@hierro21 Hive account@hildemaro Hive account@hirohurl Hive account@iamchessguy Hive account@iammanythings1 Hive account@ibizaki Hive account@idksamad78699 Hive account@iobates Hive account@ironshield Hive account@ismeris Hive account@jaki01 Hive account@jay12y Hive account@jesusmgl1995 Hive account@jesustiano Hive account@jkms Hive account@johannfrare Hive account@juanmi96 Hive account@justfavour Hive account@justola1 Hive account@katerinaramm Hive account@kaungsett8388 Hive account@kintokris Hive account@konquest Hive account@kreur Hive account@levitant Hive account@lighteye Hive account@llag Hive account@lucianosky Hive account@maciejficek Hive account@madchess64 Hive account@maestroask Hive account@marcusantoniu26 Hive account@mario89 Hive account@masterswatch Hive account@maverieux000 Hive account@mdasein Hive account@meedo Hive account@memess Hive account@mendelito Hive account@meno Hive account@mrsarri Hive account@mstafford Hive account@mundharmonika Hive account@mundocuriosidad Hive account@mypathtofire Hive account@nftland1989 Hive account@nikoszzz Hive account@oadissin Hive account@odic3o1 Hive account@officialrosh1 Hive account@og-gamershub Hive account@olujay Hive account@omonomo Hive account@onthewayout Hive account@pamboy27 Hive account@parung76 Hive account@perpz Hive account@petreius Hive account@philipp87 Hive account@phoennix09 Hive account@pokerarema Hive account@pokermaria Hive account@poseout87 Hive account@pravesh0 Hive account@precab Hive account@psicologopoeta Hive account@purapapita Hive account@queenofthesqrs Hive account@rafaelaquino Hive account@ram9612 Hive account@ramonchis Hive account@razzor Hive account@reiseamateur Hive account@renerondon Hive account@rexplanet Hive account@rheda Hive account@rodrook Hive account@ropavejero Hive account@rosmarly Hive account@roswelborges Hive account@sahi1 Hive account@salaks.chess Hive account@salomijale Hive account@samostically Hive account@sanjamkapoors Hive account@sawko Hive account@schamangerbert Hive account@seki1 Hive account@soluce07 Hive account@southgamer Hive account@spacetoon Hive account@spartano Hive account@stranger27 Hive account@stuffings Hive account@suisver Hive account@syndmitrij Hive account@tangibleay Hive account@the01crow Hive account@techstyle Hive account@tenny-trigah Hive account@thedoc07 Hive account@therealflaws Hive account@timix648 Hive account@timofey Hive account@tobijob Hive account@toluwayme Hive account@tomasguitar Hive account@tony1294 Hive account@tungphong Hive account@uliseshb Hive account@uniforced Hive account@vaipraonde Hive account@vasigo Hive account@victorbch2 Hive account@vjap55 Hive account@volkiceper Hive account@walner Hive account@web-gnar Hive account@wegflexor Hive account@xoflox Hive account@yazp Hive account@yinjuolu Hive account@yf95 Hive account@yonnathang Hive account@zacherybinx Hive account@ziabutt3836 Hive account@zlater

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